The German novelist chronicles the short life and untimely death of his older brother Karl, who joined the SS and was killed on the Russian front, leaving his family to grapple with his absence. A renowned German novelist's memoir of his brother, who joined the SS and was killed at the Russian front. Uwe Timm was only two years old when in 1942 his older brother, Karl Heinz, announced to his family he had volunteered for service with an elite squadron of the German army, the SS Totenkopf...
Topics: Timm, Uwe, 1940-, Families
